[aageneral] Title: Memorial Day:3 Ways To Honor American Soldiers
Title: Memorial Day:3 Ways To Honor American Soldiers
Author: Ronnie Kimball
Author Email: helloronnie@comcast.net
Word Count: 871
Permission: Please use freely published with resource box. Thanks.
"Memorial Day:
3 Ways To Honor American Soldiers"
By Ronnie Kimball
© 2005
The last Monday of May since 1868, has been designated as Memorial
Day. Now, during that weekend, beer and picnic supply sales
skyrocket.
Travelers drive our nation's highways en masse. And don't forget
the Indy 500.
And while it's important to have fun and celebrate Memorial Day
weekend
in your own way, it's also important to remember why that day
exists. It was
set aside to salute U.S. troops and pay tribute to the awesome
sacrifices these
brave men and women have made, and are still making, for our
freedoms.
In case you've wondered how you could honor those sacrifices, here
are 3
inexpensive ways:
1) Donate frequent flyer miles to help our wounded soldiers and
their
families. You can do this through an organization called
Operation
First Response. OFR looks after wounded troops from Walter
Reed and Bethesda Naval Hospital to Landstuhl Regional
Medical
Center in Germany to combat support hospitals in Iraq.
They also accept donations, like clothes, socks,
underwear,
toothbrushes, razors, etc...
You can help out this great organization by simply going to
their site and
seeing what you can do.
http://www.operationfirstresponse.org/
2) Observe the National Moment of Remembrance. The Moment occurs
on Memorial Day, 3 PM, local time, for only 1 minute.
Participation is
easy and completely voluntary.
The White House Commission on Remembrance urges Americans to
observe in their own way. Ring a bell. Say a prayer.
Salute the flag.
You could even call your favorite radio or TV station ahead
of time and
request that they play "Taps" at that time.
According to the Commission's website:
`In May 1996, the idea of the Moment was born when children
touring
Washington, D.C., were asked what Memorial Day meant. They
responded, "That's the day the pools open!" `
Since then, the Commission has been dedicated to making
Americans
aware of observing the Moment.
To read more about it, go to:
http://www.remember.gov/moment/about_event.cfm
3) Visit a military cemetary. You can pay tribute with the time
honored
tradition of placing a small American flag, or flowers, on
the graves of
our fallen soldiers.
In 1952, the Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts began placing flags
on the 150,000
graves at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetary and carry on
the tradition
to this day.
If you're an arts and crafts type of person, an inexpensive
silk flower
arrangement or 2, of red, white and blue can be created and
laid on a brave
service man or woman's grave.
In 1924, the VFW started their famous Buddy Poppy Program by
selling artificial
poppies made by disabled veterans. The tradition of selling
red poppies to benefit
our veterans goes back to the early 1900's and was inspired
by Moina Michael,
who sold red poppies to honor those who died in our nation's
service.
To read more about the Buddy Program, go to:
http://www.vfw.org/index.cfm?fa=cmty.levelc&cid=127
Here's a link for an interesting article called "Memorial
Day Flowers"
by Tenley McDonald:
http://ezinearticles.com/?id=34526
Have fun, be safe and remember our American soldiers.
-----------------------------------------------------
Ronnie Kimball grew up in a military family and is a co-publisher of
REACH HIGHER, The Good NewsLetter. To get the Good NewsLetter
and hear samples of Ronnie's CD, REACH HIGHER, go to:
http://www.reachhigher.com
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Author: Ronnie Kimball
Author Email: helloronnie@comcast.net
Word Count: 871
Permission: Please use freely published with resource box. Thanks.
"Memorial Day:
3 Ways To Honor American Soldiers"
By Ronnie Kimball
© 2005
The last Monday of May since 1868, has been designated as Memorial
Day. Now, during that weekend, beer and picnic supply sales
skyrocket.
Travelers drive our nation's highways en masse. And don't forget
the Indy 500.
And while it's important to have fun and celebrate Memorial Day
weekend
in your own way, it's also important to remember why that day
exists. It was
set aside to salute U.S. troops and pay tribute to the awesome
sacrifices these
brave men and women have made, and are still making, for our
freedoms.
In case you've wondered how you could honor those sacrifices, here
are 3
inexpensive ways:
1) Donate frequent flyer miles to help our wounded soldiers and
their
families. You can do this through an organization called
Operation
First Response. OFR looks after wounded troops from Walter
Reed and Bethesda Naval Hospital to Landstuhl Regional
Medical
Center in Germany to combat support hospitals in Iraq.
They also accept donations, like clothes, socks,
underwear,
toothbrushes, razors, etc...
You can help out this great organization by simply going to
their site and
seeing what you can do.
http://www.operationfirstresponse.org/
2) Observe the National Moment of Remembrance. The Moment occurs
on Memorial Day, 3 PM, local time, for only 1 minute.
Participation is
easy and completely voluntary.
The White House Commission on Remembrance urges Americans to
observe in their own way. Ring a bell. Say a prayer.
Salute the flag.
You could even call your favorite radio or TV station ahead
of time and
request that they play "Taps" at that time.
According to the Commission's website:
`In May 1996, the idea of the Moment was born when children
touring
Washington, D.C., were asked what Memorial Day meant. They
responded, "That's the day the pools open!" `
Since then, the Commission has been dedicated to making
Americans
aware of observing the Moment.
To read more about it, go to:
http://www.remember.gov/moment/about_event.cfm
3) Visit a military cemetary. You can pay tribute with the time
honored
tradition of placing a small American flag, or flowers, on
the graves of
our fallen soldiers.
In 1952, the Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts began placing flags
on the 150,000
graves at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetary and carry on
the tradition
to this day.
If you're an arts and crafts type of person, an inexpensive
silk flower
arrangement or 2, of red, white and blue can be created and
laid on a brave
service man or woman's grave.
In 1924, the VFW started their famous Buddy Poppy Program by
selling artificial
poppies made by disabled veterans. The tradition of selling
red poppies to benefit
our veterans goes back to the early 1900's and was inspired
by Moina Michael,
who sold red poppies to honor those who died in our nation's
service.
To read more about the Buddy Program, go to:
http://www.vfw.org/index.cfm?fa=cmty.levelc&cid=127
Here's a link for an interesting article called "Memorial
Day Flowers"
by Tenley McDonald:
http://ezinearticles.com/?id=34526
Have fun, be safe and remember our American soldiers.
-----------------------------------------------------
Ronnie Kimball grew up in a military family and is a co-publisher of
REACH HIGHER, The Good NewsLetter. To get the Good NewsLetter
and hear samples of Ronnie's CD, REACH HIGHER, go to:
http://www.reachhigher.com
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